Clothes drier



Oct. 28 I924. 1,513,569

G. G. THlBEDEAU CLOTHES DRIER Filed Nov. 17. 1921 Patented Get. 28,i924.

UNITED GEORGE G. THIBEDEAU, OF- PORTLAND, IVEAINE.

c-Lo'rrrEs DRIER.

Application filed November 17, 1921. Serial No. 515,796.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Gr. Trn'enonnu, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Portland, in the county of Cumberland and State ofMaine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ClothesDriers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of clothes driers adapted to besecured to the kitchen wall and to be held at different elevations sothat the drier may be located at a convenient low level and then liftedinto a relatively high position or at the top of the room which is thehottest place.

My invention is directed first to the construction of a simple andpractical vertical guide or runway and an arm supporting bracket ofnovel construction adapted to slide on said guide and second to simplemeans for holding the drier at the proper elevation and arranged to bequickly released and automatically locked.

The novel features of my invention will be specifically pointed out inthe appended claim.

I have illustrated my invention in .the accompanying drawing in Which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the clothes dryer a portion of the bracketbeing shown in section.

Fig. 2 is a plan, with one of the drying arms in its drying position,

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4,

Fig. 4 is a section on the line &4 of Fig. 3 and,

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a portion of the bracket.

In the drawing, similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

My dryer is supported on a vertically movable slide 1 preferably made ofsheet metal with flanges 2 which fit into grooves 3 formed in oppositeedges of a guide strip 4 adapted to be secured to the wall of thekitchen or other department where the drier is to be utilized.

The drying bars 8 are held by a bracket 5 preferably formed of cast ironand secured by screws or otherwise to the front face of the slide 1. Thebracket 5 is provided with a central web 7 semi-circular in form with aseries of radial arms 6 extending outward therefrom.

The drying bars 8 are disposed between the radial arms 6 and are held inplace by is held firmly.

a pivoting wire 9 passing through the arms 6 and the longitudinal slot10 formed in the bars 8. The bracket casting 5 is formed with a ledge 11which extends around parallel with the wire 9 and somewhat below thearms 6 so that when the bar 8 is in a horizontal position, the uppersurface of its inner end will rest immediately beneath the web 7 and thelower edge of the arm will rest on the top of the ledge 11.

By pulling the arm outward while in its horizontal position, until theinner end of the slot 10 comes against the wire 9, the arm will hangdown in a perpendicular position and will remain there while not in use.

Means are provided for raising and lowering the bracket and securing itin any desired location. For this purpose, I make T use of a rod 13having at its lower end a handle 1a for lifting and lowering the bracket5, the upper end of the rod being firmly secured to the bracket. Securedto the lower end of the guide 4 is a locking device conill sisting ofthe hollow casing or socket 15 having opposing flanges with a verticalopening through which the rod 13 passes and which act as a guide for therod.

A locking lever or catch 16 for checking the rod 13 at any desiredelevation is pivoted inside of the casing to the ears 17. The lockinglever 16 has an opening through which the rod 13 passes with a loose fitso that when the lever 16 is depressed slightly from a horizontalposition, it creates a pinch on the rod and holds up the rod and thebracket in any desired position.

When the lever 16 is lifted so as to bring it at right angles to therod, the latter slides 9 freely through it but when the lever is depressed or pressed downward, the pinch takes place on the rod 13 and thelatter In order to make sure that the locking lever when released willalways pinch the rod, I provide a spiral spring 18 which surrounds therod 13 and presses down on the lever 16 contacting with the innersurface of the casing 15.

Thus, when the lever 16 is raised slightly by the hand, the rod 13 maybe pushed up or allowed to fall until the bracket 5 is in any desiredposition and when the lever isreleased, the spring 18 forces it down atonce and serves to lock it in place.

lVhen the bracket is to be raised it is only necessary to lift the rodor force it upwards'without manipulating'the lever as the rod Will stayin any position Without further manipulation of the other parts.

A clothes drier constructed as I have described may be quickly loweredto receive the clothes and quickly raised to a high position in the roomand the drying arms may be all used or a few of them used accord 10 ingto circumstances.

I claim In a clothes drier, the combination of a vertical guide a slidemounted thereon a bracket secured to said slide, a lifting rodto raiseand lower the bracket, a hollow casing having a vertical openingtherethrough for the passage of said rod, a catch having an opening forthe passage of said rod slightly larger than the rod pivotally connectedat its inner end to said hollow casing and a spiral spring for holdingsaid catch downward and in a locking position.

GEORGE G. THIBEDEAU.

